不得不说,20世纪的中国实在过于沉重,沉重得几乎令人心碎、窒息;20世纪的中国知识分子及作家的运命实在过于坎坷,坎坷得几乎令人眩晕、惊悚。回望和记录这一历程的跌宕起伏与蜿蜒曲折,不仅要借以拨开历史的迷雾,还原历史的本真面目,更重要的是为了把脉当下和预想未来。正如敬文东在“长廊与背影”书系的《总序》中所说,之所以这样做,“不是为了向历史撒娇,更不是为了向历史索赔,甚至不是为了简单地证明谁对谁错,而是为了保证今天和明天的 I must say that in the 20th century China was too heavy and heavy to be almost heartbreaking and suffocating. The twentieth-century Chinese intellectuals and writers were so lucky that their ups and downs were rough and frightening. Looking back and documenting the ups and downs of this journey and twists and turns, we should not only borrow the fog of history, restore the true features of history, but more importantly, bring the pulse to the present and the future. As King Winton put it in the ”General Preface“ to the ”Promenade and Back“ series, ”it is not for the sake of history, nor for the sake of claiming history, nor simply for proving who Right who is wrong, but to ensure today and tomorrow